Our work on the 2020 U.S. elections.
Securing the 2020 Presidential Election
From logistical challenges to disinformation campaigns and attacks undermining the integrity of the election process, the 2020 Presidential Election—set against the backdrop of a global pandemic—promises to be unlike any other U.S. election in histo [...]
David Levine Briefs Foreign Journalists on U.S. Election Security
ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine briefed foreign journalists on U.S. election security as part of the State Department’s Foreign Press Center Virtual Reporting Tour on October 8, 2020. Below is the unofficial transcript of the briefing. [...]
Cyberattacks, Foreign Interference, and Digital Infrastructure: Conducting Secure Elections Amid a Pandemic
ASD’s Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems’ Director for Europe and Eurasia Beata Martin-Rozumilowicz provide a guide to help election officials in the United States and Europe conduct secur [...]
Laura Rosenberger and Clint Watts on Combatting Disinformation in Elections at CISA’s National Cybersecurity Summit
Director Laura Rosenberger and Non-Resident Fellow Clint Watts joined a panel entitled "Combatting Disinformation and Misinformation in Elections" at CISA's National Cybersecurity Summit with Alex Stamos, Jorhena Thomas, and Olivia Gazis. [...]
Hamilton Toplines: September 26-October 2, 2020
President Trump’s positive coronavirus diagnosis was covered extensively by the Russian, Iranian, and Chinese networks monitored on Hamilton 2.0, with most of the content covering factual updates or well-wishes from diplomats and world leaders. Russ [...]
Ariane Tabatabai Discusses the U.S. Election’s Implications for Iran with the Washington Institute
Donald Trump and Joe Biden are putting forward very different ideas about U.S. policy toward Iran, which arguably makes the results of their contest very consequential for Tehran—though some in the Islamic Republic say otherwise. That raises the que [...]
Virtual Event Invitation: Securing the 2020 Presidential Election: A Discussion on Threats, Prevention, and Mitigation with Local U.S. Election Officials
Monday, October 12, 2020 | 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. EDT | 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. CET Register here. From logistical challenges to disinformation campaigns and attacks undermining the integrity of the election process, the 2020 Presidential Election—se [...]
David Levine and Amber McReynolds in The Fulcrum: Voting by mail is still secure. Here’s why.
Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine and National Vote at Home Institute CEO Amber McReynolds argue that voting by mail is safe and secure, and Americans should feel confident about the process in an op-ed for The Fulcrum's Election Dissection bl [...]
David Levine Discusses Election Security and Potential Threats on ‘This Week in South Carolina’
Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined "This Week in South Carolina" to discuss foreign threats to the 2020 U.S. elections. [...]
Shadow State: Josh Rudolph with Luke Harding on the Kremlin’s Quest for Chaos in the West
This week, GMF's "Out of Order" hands the mic over to Josh Rudolph, the Malign Finance fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy and the author of the new report, Covert Foreign Money. Josh is joined by Luke Harding, best-selling author and seni [...]
David Levine on Making Sure Your Vote Counts in 2020
Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined Jack Noland of RepresentUs and Eliza Sweren-Becker of the Brennan Center for Justice to discuss how Americans can make sure their vote is counted in the 2020 Election. [...]
Prospects for European and U.S. Policy toward Iran
This policy paper was co-authored with Edgar P. Tam, visiting senior fellow at the Paris Office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Please click the link at the right to view the full paper. President Donald Trump’s views on Iran hav [...]